Barcode Guidelines

Property Management is responsible for placing bar codes on college equipment. Property Management will place the bar codes by using the following procedures:

Bar codes will be placed visually on equipment while also being easily accessible to the bar code scanner.

If an item costs $1,000 or more and is impossible or not feasible to tag with a bar code, the Inventory Log will be used to keep track of the item.

When placing a bar code on a piece of equipment, the following order of preference will be used unless a specific situation dictates otherwise: Front of equipment Right side of equipment Left side of equipment Top of equipment Back of equipment Bottom of equipment